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Serenity Community Outreach Center is a non-profit 501-C(3) organization dedicated to providing mental health services to those residents of the Metropolitan Atlanta area who are without medical insurance. With the mounting expenses of medical cost, many are going without the proper treatment especially for their mental health. Our job is to help those in need obtain the needed mental health services.

What is Mental Health? Why is it important to everybody?

When you hear the phrase “mental health”, many things can come to mind. To truly understand what is mental health and why is it important to everybody in the world, we must come to an agreement on the true definition of being healthy mentally. Check out this video:

How does Mental Health affects us all?

Mental Health Improves the Quality of Life

When we are free of depression, anxiety, excessive stress and worry, addictions, and other psychological problems, we are more able to live our lives to the fullest.

Peace of mind is a natural condition, and is available to everyone.

Mental health strengthens and supports our ability to:

have healthy relationships

make good life choices

maintain physical health and well-being

handle the natural ups and downs of life

discover and grow toward our potential

Mental Health Treatment Reduces Medical Costs

Many research studies have shown that when people receive appropriate mental health care, their use of medical services declines. For example, one study of people with anxiety disorders showed that after psychological treatment, the number of medical visits decreased by 90%, laboratory costs decreased by 50%, and overall treatment costs dropped by 35%.

Other studies have shown that people with untreated mental health problems visit a medical doctor twice as often as people who receive mental health care.

Excessive anxiety and stress can contribute to physical problems such as heart disease, ulcers, and colitis. Anxiety and stress can also reduce the strength of the immune system, making people more vulnerable to conditions ranging from the common cold to cancer.

Psychological problems also increase the likelihood that people will make poor behavioral choices which can contribute to medical problems. Smoking, excessive alcohol or drug use, poor eating habits, and reckless behavior can all result in severe physical problems and the need for medical services.

By eliminating the causes of productivity loss, absenteeism, and worker accidents, mental health services increase a company’s efficiency, productive capacity, and quality of goods and services.

How mean people are mentally ill in America?

The Need For Serenity Community Outreach Center

With so many people suffering from mental illness and disorders stemming from it, the need for Serenity Community Outreach Center is paramount. Those victims of the illness needs an organization that will assist, aid, educate, and empower them. We are just the organization to do so and will be for the foreseeable future. Thank you.